--- In [email protected], "raunchydog" <raunchydog@...> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "Rick Archer" <rick@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > > On Behalf Of raunchydog > > Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 12:19 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Internet freedom converning Ravi's posts > > > > > > > > > > > > "It makes me afraid to post" is a bit hyperbolic. We have plenty of button > > pushers who could use a time out, but you aren't one of them. Ravi was in a > > class by himself. I believe he took Robin's beautiful post to heart. Maybe > > he could have learned something from his mistakes if Rick had had a "three > > strikes [timeouts] and you're out" policy, perhaps a warning prohibiting > > gratuitous abuse. Now we'll never know. I'll miss the motherfucker. > > > > Ravi had been booted before. He came in with guns blazing when he first > > joined FFL and was soon so offensive that we had to let him go. He was later > > reinstated after he appeared to have mellowed. In this latest instance, he > > was booted not so much for being offensive - there are plenty of examples of > > that here - but for intentionally and repeatedly violating the FFL > > guidelines about posting the real names and personal details of those who > > prefer to remain anonymous. As far as I know, he is only the 3rd person in > > the 10-plus year history of FFL to be booted. One of those two has rejoined > > and the other is welcome any time (and is a good friend of mine). Ravi will > > be welcome back eventually, if I'm convinced that he has changed. But I > > don't have the time to play school marm. > > > > Thanks for the clarification about guidelines honoring anonymity. Ravi's > slanderous attacks on Curtis definitely qualified him for the boot. No one > ever pays school marms enough. It's a good thing we have so many responsible > adults on FFLife that you can enjoy extended vacations away from cat > wrangling and the pathos and ethos of free expression that make FFLife such > an interesting place to be. >
Just wanting more clarification if you have the time, please. : ) Honoring anonymity. If one does an email search through google and finds someone out, as to what their name is, then what you are saying is no one has a right on this forum to expose who they actually are?
